ALS stem cell study halted after just one patient
NCT ID NCT06910384
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a single dose of STR04, made from a patient's own bone marrow stem cells, for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Only one person enrolled before the study was stopped early. The goal was to see if the treatment was safe and could slow the disease, but no conclusions can be drawn.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- autologous bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could point toward a treatment to slow ALS progression.
- What could go wrong
- The trial was terminated early with only 1 participant, so results are not reliable. Stem cell treatments for ALS remain unproven.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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1 person
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion: * "Definite" or "Probable" ALS according to the Revised El Escorial criteria (Airlie House) * ALS severity grade 1 or 2 according to the Japan ALS severity classification. * ALSFRS-R scores of 2 or more for all items, with scores of 4 for all breathing- related items (i.e., dyspnea, orthopnea, respiratory insufficiency). * Within 2 years of ALS onset. * %FVC of 80% or more. * Aged 18 to ≤75 years at the time of informed consent. Exclusion: * Current Viral Infection (e.g. HBV, HCV, HIV, HTLV-1, HPVB19, syphilis, COVID- 19). * Current low blood cell counts * History of cancer, congenital malformations, or chromosomal abnormalities * History of allergy to penicillin or streptomycin, or other serious allergies. * Current poor medical condition, due to endocrine disease, metabolic disease, immune disease, blood disease, psychiatric disorders, neurological diseases, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, musculoskeletal or connective tissue diseases, renal or urogenital diseases. * History of intracranial lesions, or stenosis, dissection or severe atherosclerotic disease of a blood vessel in the head or neck. * Current uncontrolled hypertension. * Prior treatment with a cell or gene therapy. * Currently participating in any other clinical trial. * Women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or plan to become pregnant during study participation * Men with plan for their partner to become pregnant during study participation.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Neuromuscular Research Institute
Austin, Texas, 78759, United States
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